Equitable Distribution Report
Sabrina xie
2024-02-16
Read in data
Data for median income, spending & Collections from Eversource, UI in 2019, 2020 and 2021 filed under C&LM.
Data for demographics:
Energy burden from EPA LEAD tool
Justice40 disadvantaged communities from Climate and economic Justice Screening Tool
Racial diversity from US Census Bureau 2020 Decennial Census
There are some problems with census tract numbers in the utility data so some demographic data does not collate properly.
Tables
Distressed tracts
Overall trend toward closing gaps
Definitions:
Distressed tracts: median income <60% state median income
Small load: <100 kWh
Including large & small load customers, distressed census tracts
| Collections | Disbursements | Utility | Year | Parity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24.87 | 19.92 | UI | 2019 | NO |
| 0.34 | 0.06 | ES | 2019 | NO |
| 24.10 | 15.32 | UI | 2020 | NO |
| 0.29 | 0.33 | ES | 2020 | YES |
| 24.49 | 22.88 | UI | 2021 | NO |
| 2.29 | 2.93 | ES | 2021 | YES |
| 28.46 | 17.33 | UI | 2022 | NO |
| 7.83 | 7.41 | ES | 2022 | NO |
| Size | Collections | Disbursements | Utility | Year | Parity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMALL | 20.51 | 15.67 | UI | 2019 | NO |
| LARGE | 31.48 | 29.53 | UI | 2019 | NO |
| SMALL | 0.54 | 0.12 | ES | 2019 | NO |
| LARGE | 0.00 | 0.00 | ES | 2019 | NO |
| SMALL | 19.99 | 13.05 | UI | 2020 | NO |
| LARGE | 30.87 | 18.66 | UI | 2020 | NO |
| SMALL | 0.45 | 0.52 | ES | 2020 | YES |
| LARGE | 0.00 | 0.00 | ES | 2020 | NO |
| SMALL | 20.55 | 20.08 | UI | 2021 | NO |
| LARGE | 30.80 | 29.36 | UI | 2021 | NO |
| SMALL | 2.96 | 2.29 | ES | 2021 | NO |
| LARGE | 1.16 | 4.12 | ES | 2021 | YES |
| SMALL | 20.01 | 9.67 | UI | 2022 | NO |
| LARGE | 30.27 | 27.31 | UI | 2022 | NO |
| SMALL | 5.45 | 5.63 | ES | 2022 | YES |
| LARGE | 11.90 | 11.09 | ES | 2022 | NO |
| Size | Cat | Collections | Disbursements | Utility | Year | Parity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMALL | RESIDENTIAL | 17.66 | 10.33 | UI | 2019 | NO |
| SMALL | C&I | 26.90 | 30.03 | UI | 2019 | YES |
| LARGE | RESIDENTIAL | 65.31 | 0.00 | UI | 2019 | NO |
| LARGE | C&I | 31.02 | 29.53 | UI | 2019 | NO |
| SMALL | RESIDENTIAL | 0.73 | 0.14 | ES | 2019 | NO |
| SMALL | C&I | 0.00 | 0.00 | ES | 2019 | NO |
| LARGE | RESIDENTIAL | 0.00 | NaN | ES | 2019 | NA |
| LARGE | C&I | 0.00 | 0.00 | ES | 2019 | NO |
| SMALL | RESIDENTIAL | 17.56 | 8.22 | UI | 2020 | NO |
| SMALL | C&I | 26.40 | 22.86 | UI | 2020 | NO |
| LARGE | RESIDENTIAL | 65.54 | 37.43 | UI | 2020 | NO |
| LARGE | C&I | 30.39 | 18.57 | UI | 2020 | NO |
| SMALL | RESIDENTIAL | 0.59 | 0.60 | ES | 2020 | YES |
| SMALL | C&I | 0.00 | 0.00 | ES | 2020 | NA |
| LARGE | RESIDENTIAL | 0.00 | NaN | ES | 2020 | NA |
| LARGE | C&I | 0.00 | 0.00 | ES | 2020 | NO |
| SMALL | RESIDENTIAL | 17.97 | 13.90 | UI | 2021 | NO |
| SMALL | C&I | 27.00 | 26.50 | UI | 2021 | NO |
| LARGE | RESIDENTIAL | 59.78 | 60.74 | UI | 2021 | YES |
| LARGE | C&I | 30.41 | 27.40 | UI | 2021 | NO |
| SMALL | RESIDENTIAL | 3.39 | 2.39 | ES | 2021 | NO |
| SMALL | C&I | 1.64 | 1.76 | ES | 2021 | YES |
| LARGE | RESIDENTIAL | 16.34 | NaN | ES | 2021 | NA |
| LARGE | C&I | 1.13 | 4.12 | ES | 2021 | YES |
| SMALL | RESIDENTIAL | 17.81 | 6.90 | UI | 2022 | NO |
| SMALL | C&I | 25.59 | 13.96 | UI | 2022 | NO |
| LARGE | RESIDENTIAL | NaN | 74.87 | UI | 2022 | NA |
| LARGE | C&I | 30.27 | 22.65 | UI | 2022 | NO |
| SMALL | RESIDENTIAL | 4.46 | 4.72 | ES | 2022 | YES |
| SMALL | C&I | 8.57 | 10.23 | ES | 2022 | YES |
| LARGE | RESIDENTIAL | 18.70 | NaN | ES | 2022 | NA |
| LARGE | C&I | 11.89 | 11.09 | ES | 2022 | NO |
HES and HES-IE
It makes sense that distribution of HES-IE funds would be greater to distressed census tracts, but overall funds are not equitably distributed under HES program. Moderate distress appears to participate in HES-IE.
HES-IE: Home Energy Solutions, income-eligible
Moderately distressed tracts: median income 60-80% state median income
| Collections | Disbursements | Utility | Year | Parity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17.66 | 13.50 | UI | 2019 | NO |
| 0.73 | 0.02 | ES | 2019 | NO |
| 17.96 | 11.80 | UI | 2020 | NO |
| 0.59 | 0.00 | ES | 2020 | NO |
| 18.46 | 17.79 | UI | 2021 | NO |
| 3.41 | 2.53 | ES | 2021 | NO |
| 17.81 | 8.34 | UI | 2022 | NO |
| 4.47 | 6.31 | ES | 2022 | YES |
| Cat | Collections | Disbursements | Utility | Year | Parity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HES | 17.66 | 3.26 | UI | 2019 | NO |
| HES_IE | 17.66 | 23.89 | UI | 2019 | YES |
| HES | 0.73 | 0.05 | ES | 2019 | NO |
| HES_IE | 0.73 | 0.00 | ES | 2019 | NO |
| HES | 17.96 | 3.19 | UI | 2020 | NO |
| HES_IE | 17.96 | 34.01 | UI | 2020 | YES |
| HES | 0.59 | 0.00 | ES | 2020 | NO |
| HES_IE | 0.59 | 0.00 | ES | 2020 | NO |
| HES | 18.46 | 5.06 | UI | 2021 | NO |
| HES_IE | 18.46 | 35.18 | UI | 2021 | YES |
| HES | 3.41 | 1.36 | ES | 2021 | NO |
| HES_IE | 3.41 | 4.50 | ES | 2021 | YES |
| HES | 17.81 | 2.55 | UI | 2022 | NO |
| HES_IE | 17.81 | 15.82 | UI | 2022 | NO |
| HES | 4.47 | 2.81 | ES | 2022 | NO |
| HES_IE | 4.47 | 10.23 | ES | 2022 | YES |
| Cat | Collections | Disbursements | Utility | Year | Parity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HES | 17.3 | 3.2 | UI | 2019 | NO |
| HES_IE | 17.3 | 21.4 | UI | 2019 | YES |
| HES | 7.0 | 4.3 | ES | 2019 | NO |
| HES_IE | 7.0 | 11.9 | ES | 2019 | YES |
| HES | 16.5 | 4.5 | UI | 2020 | NO |
| HES_IE | 16.5 | 22.1 | UI | 2020 | YES |
| HES | 6.8 | 2.1 | ES | 2020 | NO |
| HES_IE | 6.8 | 9.1 | ES | 2020 | YES |
| HES | 18.1 | 6.3 | UI | 2021 | NO |
| HES_IE | 18.1 | 33.9 | UI | 2021 | YES |
| HES | 9.0 | 3.1 | ES | 2021 | NO |
| HES_IE | 9.0 | 9.8 | ES | 2021 | YES |
| HES | 17.6 | 3.8 | UI | 2022 | NO |
| HES_IE | 17.6 | 16.9 | UI | 2022 | NO |
| HES | 6.6 | 1.7 | ES | 2022 | NO |
| HES_IE | 6.6 | 9.2 | ES | 2022 | YES |
Justice40 disadvantaged
Justice40 requires that 40% of funds flow to disadvantaged communities, which make up approximately 29% of the country. This means that these communities should receive 1.3x the average proportional investment.
Disadvantaged: Communities that are marginalized, underserved, and overburdened by pollution. Burden thresholds include climate change, energy, health, housing, legacy pollution, transportation, water and wastewater, and workforce development.
Black lines in the chart show targets based on 40% of budget and 1.3x proportional investment.
| Collections | Disbursements | Utility | Year | Parity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 18 | UI | 2019 | NO |
| 10 | 12 | ES | 2019 | YES |
| 27 | 16 | UI | 2020 | NO |
| 11 | 13 | ES | 2020 | YES |
| 28 | 27 | UI | 2021 | NO |
| 21 | 21 | ES | 2021 | YES |
| 32 | 20 | UI | 2022 | NO |
| 14 | 10 | ES | 2022 | NO |
Maps & Baselines
Median household income
- Low: <60% of state median income
- Moderate: 60-80% of state median income
- High: >80% state median income
Must exceed baseline to be considered equitable. Baseline is proportional investment based on portion of census tracts that fall under each category.
Racial diversity
Energy burden
Disbursements & Collections
